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 | Title : JVC In-Dash CD Player (KD-SX980)
Author : JVC
Release Date : 20020321
Binding : Electronics
Regular Price : $
Amazon.com Price : $198.00
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Editorial Reviews :
This JVC in-dash CD receiver features a large multi-color LCD display, a flip-down detachable face, CD changer controls, and 2 sets of pre-amp outputs for system expandability. It has CD-R/CD-RW playback capability, MP3 capability, which allows you to play MP3-encoded CDs. Plus you get CD text, and an input jack, which lets you connect a portable MP3 player, portable cassette, or MiniDisc player. --Circuit City Stores, Inc.
Buyer Reviews :
Let's face it - if you're buying a head unit that plays MP3 CDs, you're buying it TO PLAY MP3 CDs. And most of the cheaper units [are bad] sure they play MP3 CDs - as long as you are careful about what format you burn in, what bitrate the files are, whether or not they're VBR etc. When it came time to put a decent system in my car, I just couldn't do this. I already had many discs full of MP3s from MP3ing my entire very large CD collection, and I was not about to re-burn it all.
The main competition for this unit to me is the Alpine CDA-7894 - which costs about twice as much. Price wasn't real important to me - I checked out the Pioneers (including the 8400 and 9400 - for that kind of money I'm not waiting 6 seconds between tracks!), and the Kenwoods, and neither cut it when I threw Mp3 discs at them. The Alpine's controls didn't seem as intuitive to me as the JVC's, and that was where I made my final decision.
In the end I went with the JVC because it had superb MP3 playback with very fast between-track time, ID3 tag support, controls that are easy to use ...and sounds great. The Auxillary-input on the front panel is a real nice touch too - sometimes I've got stuff on my PDA that I want to listen to and this makes that very simple. Get the optional auxillary rear input cable and you can hook up a TV or DVD player too - for a cheaper unit there's a whole lot of flexibility built in!
The KD-SX980 is a no-BS, great sounding head unit with superb MP3 playback. It doesn't have the incredible display that some of the more expensive units have - but so what? I took the money I saved and put in an LCD screen and DVD player :)
(by dan61942)
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